Hello! I am a founder at Willowhaven and with the passage of each month, we are picking up more and more steam. We are in the formation process, and we are shopping around for land. I am particularly interested in new members who have the following traits:
You know what it’s like to struggle. Whether you’re disabled like me, low income, black, queer, indigenous - we want your voice and your input in our community. Willowhaven is a space by and for marginalized people.
Can do the work: If you are not in a place mentally, physically, or financially, to contribute 2-3 hrs a week to our founding process, you are welcome to join our server or mailing list as a supporter. Otherwise, we need more motivated members who check in regularly and help us complete tasks. We try to keep the work as accessible as possible.
Communicative - if you want to help but you have up & down waves of productivity due to chronic illness, work, or otherwise - you are still welcome and wanted! BUT we need you to communicate so we can be aware and accommodate your absence.
Please let me know if you are interested in helping this leftist project come to life! Marginalized people deserve housing, food, and community - help us make it a reality in WA state of the PNW. <3
Hi Kyra, its been a while since you posted so I hope you’re well.
I’m following your efforts on here, my friend Aprelle has the dream of starting a community specifically for people with disabilities and allies, down here in OR. She told me that if 25 people can come together and tell the gov. that they want a community built that the gov will pay for it. Just something to look into for WIllow Haven as you gather more founders.
I’d very much be interested in this project if I thought it were possible. It’ll take around a million dollars to start up even a small successful business to support the community in the US economic environment. Furthermore, US people, especially the younger generations, generally lack the needed work ethic and physical fitness to make it successful.
Getting land is the easiest part, but after dealing with zoning, building permits, insurance, investing in businesses, etc… you need to be rich to start a community and rich people don’t want to start communities (or they want them to be all about me-me-me/artsy/spiritual/consumerist/Euro-culture nonsense).
If you somehow find a million dollars laying around and can get the infrastructure then you can count on 70± hours a week of hard labor from me.
Otherwise I suggest you turn your efforts to staring a community in a non-imperialist country, where it is safer for POC as the US continues its collapse to overt fascism, where there is no shortage of work ethic, and where it can realistically be achieved.
Homestead act/laws/properties might be sagacious in your/yiz’ search. If there be businesses whom [illegally] claimed any within your/yiz’ interest, it might be beneficial to include them into your/yiz’ community [plan[s]].
“after dealing with zoning, building permits, insurance, investing in businesses, etc…”: if yi[z] find the right groups/programs/assistances, those areas wont be that much of a problem; finding others (or them finding yi[z]) with these licenses/certifications/insurances & participating within the communitism could help lessen costs & unnecessary stresses - promoting (as obvious) eustress.
Having land & building homes (or pitching tents) helps make dwelled communities; noth money. Dwellings (as obvious) can be built whence any material & can be built for the time it takes, or however much yi decide to pay for materials whence else source. I’m sure there are many (from a nigh survivalist to a Native American (or else tribal/native of your/yiz’ nation)) whom might be willing to help yi[z] learn how to build a well thermalated dirt/mud hut, or of branches & grasses. Yi might not[h] knoweth if noth with opportunity knocketh. If need be rich, how much quality time doth yi[z] hath to share? Why build by yourself? How many inquisitive artists be in your crew or other communities; nerds? There are also areas within mountainous realms (aside government/military identifiers) parenthesed noth reach jurisdictions; laws likely still apply. Please keep your mind & eyes open & sharp - giving up gives them control.
